different between carious vs unsound

English

Etymology

From French carieux (“carious”), from carie (“decay (of bone or teeth)”) (from Latin cari?s (“rot, rottenness, corruption”), from care? (“to lack, be deprived of”), from Proto-Italic *kaz?? (“to lack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *?es- (“to cut”).) + French -eux (“-ous”) (from Latin -?sus (“suffix forming adjectives, meaning ‘full of, prone to’”), from Old Latin -?sos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- + *-to-)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.?i.?s/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /?k??.?i.?s/ (or /?kæ?-/ among careful speakers)
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?k??.i.?s/
• Rhymes: -??ri?s
• Hyphenation: ca?ri?ous

Adjective

carious (comparative more carious, superlative most carious)

1. Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.

Derived terms

• cariousness

Related terms

• caries
• dental caries

Translations

Further reading

• tooth decay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• curiosa

English

Etymology

un- +? sound.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n-sound?, IPA^(key): /??n?sa?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd

Adjective

unsound (comparative more unsound or unsounder, superlative most unsound or unsoundest)

1. Not sound, particularly:
   1. Not whole, not solid, defective.
   2. (especially of equestrianism) Infirm, diseased.
   3. (Britain, especially of people) Not good, unreliable.
      • 1919, P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:

        You would not like Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound.

Antonyms

• sound

Derived terms

• unsoundly
• unsoundness